Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-26

street, north of Oak. The grading Of
Second street makes it available for
business and travel p
Minneapolis is frightned lest Duluth
will supplant her as a wheat market.
Duluth gets the same rates from North
ern Minnesota and Dakota, and is much
nearer the part of export.
Mrs. Peter Coldren will leave Lit tie
Falls..today on her home in Michiga n.
She will be accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. S. P. Fuller, who will visit relatives
in Michigan for few weeks.
J. W. Hedges & Co. report very sue
cessful seasons work in the farm ma
chinery business, andsthey will continue
to sell wagons, carriages, plows, and any
machinery that a farmer needs.
! A two column "ad'' for the Morrison
| County Fair appears on the next page.
The management are now exerting
themselves to make this years fair bet
ter than any gifts predecessors.
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! Our space for local reading matter is
somewhat crowded this week, but we
expect to soon make such changes in the
form OF the paper as to prevent a crowd
ed condition in the future.
Hon. w. d. Cornish of St. Paul was in
town yesterday on real estate business.
He took considerable interest in in
vestigatlng the probabilities of an earley
and rapid growth of our town.
Several threshing Machines in this
county will not be run this wear.
the crops being too poor to keep them
all busy. land the grain is SO light that
there is little profit in running machines
this year
| The race: track at the fair grounds is in
) fine shape, it now being covered with
clay and is smooth and just hard
enough to suit ',orse men: It is several
seconds faster than before, and much
easier on horses.
Mrs. T. Elwell Q. Minneapolis was in
Little Falls yesterday. She was re-
sident Of this village in the early. days,
and has many acquaintance and friends
among it's present inhabitants Mrs. E.
is interested in a large tract of real estate
In the eastern part of Pierz town.
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Wednesday. The large saw mill there
has shut down for a time, as no logs can
be got down Rum river Several million
feet of oak and pine have been save.!
there this season, the logs having been
hauled in from the woods hy rail and
sleds last winter
The Royalton Banner doesn't approve
of horse racing at the agricultural fairs,
but as long as there is any sport in man
there horse races will prove the
best attraction q fair can have. As far
as tine cruelty is concerned, race horses
have as tender treatment as any class Of
Of horses have - :.
Il. II. Morse. the St. Cload loan agent
whose sudden departure was mentioned
in these columns last week, was seen in
Winnipeg a few days after he left St.
Cloud, and from there went west on
the Canadian Pacific road His credi-
tors expect only a very small dividend
from his assets; not more than 25 cents
on the dollar
Our readers again have their attention
called to the Harvest Ball which will be
given at Royalton Oh Friday evening,
Sept.2, 1887, for the benefit of the Unity
Hook & Ladder Co. A special invitation
is extended to neighboring fire COM
panies. An elegant supper will be serv-
ed by the ladies of ~Royalton. Tickets
for ball and supper So.
W. +. Patterson, who, in company
with J. c. Flynn, of Little Falls, and A.
6. Postleth waite, of St. Paul. own the
large stock farm on the Little Elk, will
leave for his home in Pennsylvania in a
week or so. In few days he will finish
the work of putting up 500 tons of hay
The farm embraces over 5000 acres of
land nearly one-half of which is
meadow.
A party of Royalton ladies visited
Rev. L."C. Birch and wife Thursday,
driving up in the morning and returning
in the evening. They brought their re-
freshments with them and all had a
most delightful time. The party con-
sisted of the following named ladies'
Mesdames. J. w. Bouck, G H. DeVore,
Haynes. Putney, Black, Green, Mobiles,
Davidson and Russell
a large assortment of Prints, Cling
hams Cheviots, Sateens, Baleste, IN all
eolors and prices at RICHARD Bros 4 4
Car load Of wagons and buggies just
received at J. w. HEDGES & Co.'s.
La Cuba, Old Well Club, Rare Treat
OnrKey West and other standard brands
Of ten cent cigars, also the best five cent.
cigars in town at.
SraAsDEL's.
Lewis famous 1865 distilled whiskey
at. .3 ... a .# SpRANDEL's.
a full line Of Cross Plows Of different
makes for sale cheap at
RAssIER.s
MONEY TO LOAN.
On improved farms: will advance
money to parties wishing TO pay. up on
railroad, school and her lands.
Call at Register of Deeds Office